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As I recall the story was that Dunning made the change in the middle of a *match*, without having ever practiced the new alignment. Now that was a super bold move!

Your memory is excellent! From the GoStanford.com recap of the 10/14/2016 match vs. Arizona at Maples: 
"Switching from a 6-2 to a 5-1 offense in the third set, freshman setter Jenna Gray matched her career-high with 35 assists. She also recorded three kills, seven digs and her first collegiate block. Senior setter Kelsey Humphreys, who remained in the lineup as a defensive specialist, finished with 11 assists and six digs."
We lost that match to Arizona 1-3, which was only the 7th conference match of 20. We had lost the previous match to Utah 1-3.
But we beat Arizona and Utah in the rematches, both 3-0. And Humphreys came around, and actually set the championship kill vs. Texas.

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As I recall the story was that Dunning made the change in the middle of a *match*, without having ever practiced the new alignment. Now that was a super bold move!

Your memory is excellent! From the GoStanford.com recap of the 10/14/2016 match vs. Arizona at Maples: 
"Switching from a 6-2 to a 5-1 offense in the third set, freshman setter Jenna Gray matched her career-high with 35 assists. She also recorded three kills, seven digs and her first collegiate block. Senior setter Kelsey Humphreys, who remained in the lineup as a defensive specialist, finished with 11 assists and six digs."
We lost that match to Arizona 1-3, which was only the 7th conference match of 20. We had lost the previous match to Utah 1-3.
But we beat Arizona and Utah in the rematches, both 3-0. And Humphreys came around, and actually set the championship kill vs. Texas.